Wall structure



Jane 3360 W. J. THILIBORGER 2 27f 493 WALL STRUCTURE Filed July 8, 1935 Inventm' Patented Jan. 14, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in wall structures and more particularly to a wall of pre-molded construction.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a Wall structure of slabs or pickets, wherein the same are pre-formed and provided with means whereby they can be interlocked into a fence or wall of indefinite length.

During the course of the following specification, other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specifications.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 represents a side elevational view of a group of the pickets interlocked together and set in the ground.

Figure 2 represents an edge elevational view of one of the pickets looking at the socket edge thereof.

Figure 3 is an edge elevational view of one of the pickets looking at the pin edge thereof.

Figure 4 represents a side elevational view of one of the pickets with the upper portion thereof in section to disclose the position of the socket and the manner in which the pin is retained.

Figure 5 represents a sectional view taken substantially on line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 represents a sectional view taken substantially on line 6-ii of Figure 1.

Figure 7 represents a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken substantially on line 1-1 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that one embodiment of the invention is shown in the form of a fence constructed of pickets each of which consists of an elongated premolded member generally referred to by numeral 5 which in thickness tapers upwardly from a substantially wide base portion 6 to a narrow head portion 7. The head portions 1 of the pickets have flat-contact edges 8 and it is preferable that the edges of the base portion 6 meet flatly in the manner substantially shown in Figure 1, while the intermediate portions 9 may be reduced so as to provide reasonable spaces between the pickets as shown in Figure 1.

As these pickets are pro-formed concrete or other similar composition, it is preferable that reinforcing members ill be disposed therethrough. One of these reinforcing members H] at the head portion 8 of the picket tied as at H to a pin 12 which projects laterally from one edge of the head i, while in the opposite edge of the head 1 a pocket It is formed during the molding operation. This pocket I3 extends inwardly from the edge of the head and opens laterally as at M from the upper portion thereof through one side of the head I.

It can now be seen that a trench can be dug in the earth and the pickets one after another can be engaged together to assume the arrangement shown in Figure 1. The method is to set up one picket and to take another and engage its pin I2 through the side opening I4 so that the pin will drop into the pocket 13 thereof, or of course, the pin can be brought directly into the pocket l3, for the primary purpose of the side opening I4 is to permit soft mortar to be poured into the pocket [3 so as to embed the pin and anchor the same in place within the pocket It of the complementary picket. Thus the pickets are all interlocked together and form one continuous unitary fence.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood 20 that numerous changes in the shape, size, and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the claimed as new is:

1. A wall structure comprising a plurality of ickets, each of said pickets being provided with a laterally extending pin projecting from one i, edge thereof and having a bayonet slot in the 30 opposite edge thereof, the pin of one picket being adapted to engage into the bayonet slot of an adjacent picket so as to interlock said pickets together.

2. A wall structure comprising a plurality of 35 pickets, each of said pickets being provided with a laterally extending pin projecting from one edge thereof and having a pocket in the opposite edge thereof, the pin of one picket being adapted to engage into the pocket of an adjacent picket 40 so as to interlock said pickets together, said pickets being provided with reinforcing members, the said pins being tied each to one of the said reinforcing members.

3. A wall structure comprising a plurality of pickets, each of said pickets being provided with a laterally extending pin projecting from one edge thereof and having a pocket in the opposite edge thereof, the pin of one picket being adapted to engage into the pocket of an adjacent picket so as to interlock said pickets togetheneach of said pockets opening at its upper portion through one side of the picket, and a sealing material deposited into the said pocket containing a pin for anchoring the said pin in the pocket.

invention, what is 25 WILLIAM J. THILBORGER. 

